DQ9 Encyclopedia8
Don't Cry Over Spilt Ink
Tache d'encre
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise
The essentials
- Take the quest: Stornway Castle – Interior Lv 1 (from: arrival at the Stornway inn)
- The request: An old man in Stornway Castle wants you to bring him some magic water. He says he needs to remove some black ink from a very important-sounding book.
- Find: what the request names
Magic water — Simplest: buy it, 500 G (Porth Llaffan, Slurry Quay and 6 more).
- Reward (first time):
- Unlocks: 23 · Research Assistant
An old man in Stornway Castle wants you to bring him some magic water. He says he needs to remove some black ink from a very important-sounding book.
Where to get it
When and requirements
from: arrival at the Stornway inn
Reward (first time)
Quest completed (game text)
The historian, Earnan, in Stornway Castle asked you to bring him some magic water. He was then able to remove some black ink from an ancient book, and read the words hidden underneath. He gave you a seed of magic by way of thanks.
Under the hood
Internal quest number: 9 (scenario/questorder3.bin, entry 102); the number shown (8) is the in-game list's.
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